2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$130,667
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$627,210
Total Entries
414
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
141
Players Left
31
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Level 9 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Paul Richardson
150,000
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Landen Lucas
120,000
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Phia Xiong
116,000
5,000
5,000
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Srini Godavarthy
102,000
64,000
64,000
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Peter Park
97,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Al Sanchez
96,000
69,000
69,000
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Travis Fujisaka
94,000
60,500
60,500
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Jasthi Kumar
93,000
26,000
26,000
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Mike Capener
86,000
36,000
36,000
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Robert Ross
82,000
22,000
22,000
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Jimmy Zeledon
79,000
4,000
4,000
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Jed Hoffman
78,000
3,000
3,000
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Jarod Minghini
67,000
47,000
47,000
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Eric Wong
65,000
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Eli Ross
62,000
19,000
19,000
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Rick Troendly
60,000
26,000
26,000
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Steven Grybas
53,000
33,000
33,000
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Craig Varnell
50,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
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Ray Villaman
50,000
18,000
18,000
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Adam Demersseman
47,000
7,000
7,000
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Eyyal Altar
45,000
23,000
23,000
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John Codding
42,000
28,500
28,500
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Josh Prager
31,000
11,000
11,000
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Tony Hoang
25,000
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
20,000
WPT 1X Winner

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Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Mallet Gets Aggressive on the River

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

David Mallet, from the hijack, called an open raise to 1,600 from the player on his direct right.

The opponent bet 2,200 on the {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, and Mallet raised to 4,400, getting a call. Both players then checked the {5-Diamonds} turn.

The middle position player checked again on the {7-Spades} river, Mallet bet 7,000, and got the fold.

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David Mallet
60,000

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Wong Puts in the Check-Raise Shove

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante

Marty Wong bet 5,500 from the big blind blind on a {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, and an opponent in middle position called.

Wong checked the {8-Hearts} turn, the opponent bet 8,500, and Wong reraised all in for his remaining 26,000. The middle position player went into the tank for a bit, then folded.

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Marty Wong
57,000

Ross Bets, Wong Folds, Ross Shows Aces

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Robert Ross
Robert Ross

Robert Ross opened in early position, and Eric Wong called on his direct left.

Ross continuation bet for 6,500 on the {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop, and Wong made the call. Both players then checked on the {5-Diamonds} turn.

The {2-Diamonds} came in on the river, Ross bet 11,500, and Wong went deep into the tank. After several minutes Wong folded, and Ross showed {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Wong
65,000
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Robert Ross
60,000
6,000
6,000

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Murray Vying for Another Deep Main Event Run

Level 8 : 300/600, 600 ante
Brett Murray
Brett Murray

Brett Murray has made his way into the field, and he'll be trying to add to his legacy as quite possibly the most prolific player in the history of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event.

Murray won the Main Event in the September 2018 WSOPC Thunder Valley stop, taking home his career best cash of $151,145 in the process. Murray came on top of the field of 454 entries.

Murray almost made it back-to-back Main Event championships when the WSOPC rolled through the Thunder Valley Poker Room for another stop in January 2019. That tournament saw Murray come up just short in the Main Event, finishing second among 608 entries and pocketing $119,644.

Dan Ross from Hold'em Radio tells PokerNews that Murray is No. 1 on the all-time earning list at Thunder Valley, and that figure also includes at least five other five-figure cashes in events at the Thunder Valley Poker Room

Player Chips Progress
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Brett Murray
46,000
16,000
16,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Tran Takes it Down on the Turn

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

Alex Condon raised to 1,200 in early position, and Thu Tran three-bet to 4,200 in the big blind.

Condon called, bringing the {10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop. Tran bet 3,500, and Condon called.Tran continued to barrel on the {k-Diamonds} turn, betting another 5,500. That turn bet prompted a fold from Condon.

Player Chips Progress
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Thu Tran
43,000
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Alex Condon
21,000
17,000
17,000

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Nick Shkolnik Wins First Gold Ring in Event #2: $400 NLH Re-Entry

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante
Nick Shkolnik
Nick Shkolnik

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.

One such tournament was Event #2: $400 NLH Re-Entry, which attracted 1,166 runners over five flights and generated a $384,780 prize pool.

In the end, it was part-time poker pro Nick Shkolnik coming out on top to win the title, $63,335 in prize money, and his first gold ring.

“It feels good. It means that I’m doing something right in poker tournaments, that I can compete with a lot of players,” said Shkolnik, who was fresh off finishing 20th in the 2019 WSOP $1,111 Little One for One Drop for $23,825.

“I was just playing my game,” he said of his run to victory. “I have experience being at final tables.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Nick ShkolnikSun Valley, California$63,335
2Teng VangSacramento, California$39,136
3Nicholaus WoodersonVacaville, California$29,580
4Quy DaoSan Jose, California$22,550
5Angelo KratsasSan Francisco, California$17,340
6Khanh TranToronto, Ontario, Canada$13,451
7Dan StirSacramento, California$10,527
8Joshua SteinerChevy Chase, Maryland$8,312
9Jerome WilliamsLodi, California$6,623